New photos 2015 MINI 5-door hatch

The new 2015 MINI 5-door hatch joins the hatch which was released late year.

The F55 MINI Hatchback five doors will go on sale later this year and builds atop the design and technology brought to the market by the F56 3-door model.

Its wheelbase has been expanded by 72 millimetres (to 2,567 millimetres) over the F56 model and creates space for three seats in the rear, with 72 millimetres more foot space and legroom, 15 millimetres more headroom and 61 millimetres more interior width at elbow height.

Market launch of the new MINI 5 door with four model variants (combined fuel consumption: 5.9 – 3.6 l/100 km, combined CO2 emissions: 136 – 95 g/km); two petrol and two diesel engines of the new generation available with MINI Twin Power Turbo Technology; MINI Cooper 5 door with 100 kW/136 hp 3-cylinder petrol engine, MINI Cooper S 5 door with 141 kW/192 hp 4-cylinder petrol engine, MINI Cooper D 5 door with 3-cylinder diesel engine (85 kW/116 hp) and MINI Cooper SD 5 door featuring new 4-cylinder diesel engine presented for the first time with an output of 125 kW/170 hp.

The engines can be mated to either 6-speed manual transmission, 6-speed Steptronic transmission or Steptronic sports transmission as an optional extra.

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MINI Electric Car?

An electric version of the MINI car is on the roadmap for the British carmaker. The new MINI will not only be their first mass-production electric car – MINI E-electric was a trial – but also their first model to move away from the Mini original design.

Earlier this year at the 2014 Villa d’Este Concours d’Elegance, the MINI design team unveiled theSuperleggera concept car, a two-door, longer and sleeker MINI. The car has been widely praised for its exceptional design and for the combination of classic and modern lines and materials.

Some may be excited about the change to the ‘MINI look’ however other may prefer for them to keep to the original shape.

The Mini has undergone several reincarnations and changed ownership since it first came on the scene in 1959. The brand was relaunched in 2001 under BMW’s ownership at the Cowley plant, which has just produced its 3 millionth MINI. But sales has been less than spectacular in the last year and a potential brand shake-up has been the talk of the town.

BMW produced 303,177 Minis in 2013 at sites in Oxford, southern England, the Netherlands and Graz in Austria.

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The next generation Mini John Cooper Works

The new Mini John Cooper Works will be launched at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show. The JCW model will be pulled along by an all-new 2.0 litre turbocharged four-cylinder direct-injection engine, which will generate around 230bhp and about 258 lb-ft of torque.

The new 2.0 litre engine is replacing the old turbocharged 1.6-litre four-cylinder direct-injection unit, which produces 215bhp.  

The new Mini John Cooper Works will feature a new six-speed manual or six-speed automatic gearbox, which will also be installed in the new Mini Cooper S hatchback.

It’s fair to say that we, at big motoring world, can’t wait to get our hands on one.

By David Carr

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